The Wingham Advance Times, 1932-02-11, Page 7!Thursday", February 11, 1932
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GRANT FLEMING, M.p 4 +. ASSOCIATE 4ECRE'I AR
AFTER-CARE in the )piddle of the morning or the
afternoon, Over -eating, with the
it is quite obvious to +everyone.
• tat the person who is acutely ill re -
<quires care. It is not so generally
• aeyniderstood, however, that care dur-.
tileg the period of recovery is of al-
euost equal importance. Failureto
gime after-care may cause much un-.
•atecesary suffering and may lead to
es ons, if not fatal results.
This statement is particularly ap-
a rliicable to those who are .recovering
from a communicable disease. Such
•eliseasesare the result of poisoning
"by the toxins or poisons given off
'by the germs. The tissues and pr -
gains of the body are not restored to
.•a normal condition of health when.
the acute period of the illness is past.
it takes a considerable period of
time for them to recover from the
epoisoning.
There are certain general rules
-which may be laid down to serve as
as guide in the after-care of patients.
Rest comes first as a means of secur-
ing a return to health. A rest per-
iod of an hour or more during the
enaorning and afternoon, together
A,uith an early bed -time, is desirable.
Activity should be resumed grad
many, and should always stop before
there is' any sense of fatigue. In this
-,vay, no undue or sudden strain is
!aced upon organs which are not
cagaltle of meeting it.
Fresh air, night and day, sunshine,
and. a proper diet are needed. Meals
:shouald be regular. Eating between
meals is :not good, unless the food
takers is a glass of milk or some fruit
idea of building up the patient's
health by stuffing him with food, is
harmful, not helpful,
Measles•' is a serious and frequently
fatal discse because of the complica-
tions which occur, such as pneumon-
ia and diseases of the ear, The care
given the child after he is apparently
over the disease is important in the
prevention' of such complications. It
is because measles is regarded as be-
ing of 'such minor importance that
it is neglected and so is often follow-.
ed by disaster.
Following measles and whooping -
cough, the child should be protected
from exposure or chilling at the same
time having plenty of fresh air. The
scarlet fever patient requires the care
indicated, during convalescence, and
the diptheria convalescent needs a
great deal of rest becausethe dip-
theria poison is particularly severe in
its effect upon .the heart muscle.
How long the after-care needs to
be .continued, and how soon the pa-
tient may safely resume his normal
life depend upon the actual condi-
tion of each case. What we wish to.
stress is the need for after-care, bas
ed upon anunderstanding that the.
patient is not back to normal Health..
as soon as the acute stage of the dis-
ease is past. Convalescence is a time
when to go slowly is to go safely,
and when rest is the best remedy.
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,
will be answered personally by letter.
FARM NEWS
AND VIEWS
Published by direction of Hon.
Robt. Weir, Minister of Agri-
culture, Ottawa, 1931
We:keel Economics Branch Extends
Research Work
Established a little over two years
• ago, the Dominion. Economics Branch
oaf the Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture now has seven major re-
searela projects under way. In cer-
tain cases the work has been initiat-
ed by the Branch while in others a
iso -operative arrangement -has been
znaele with the other branches of the
Dominion Department or provincial
agtrecies. In Eastern Canada a
studyy of apple production and mark-
eting is under way, this work being
'carried on in Nova Scotia, Quebec
and' Ontario. Provincial agencies co
'opcerat:e in all three areas. A study of
Atli& marketing is also nearing com-
aletion. Moreover, an analysis of
larrnaers' business organizations, na-
tional nal in scope, is being carried •for -
,ward. In the Western provinces a
l sturdy of the range sheep industry is
being conducted in British. Columbia,
Alberta and Saskatchewan. This pro-`
?feet is ander the joint direction of
the Experimental Farms Branch and
the Economics. Branch. Another
study affecting the Prairie Provinces
of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatch-
ewan is dealing with settlers' pro-
gress and the factors affecting ,their
success. This study will also show
the costs of farm power. During the
past summer a study of the economic
effects of cutworm damage and the
relation of such damage to farm
practices was conducted jointly with
the Entomological Branch, Prelim-
inary work has also been done in
rural credit, taxation and insurance.
Seeds Are Weed Menace ,
Studies carried out by weed spec-
ialists of the Department of Agricul-
ture at Ottawa show strikingly the
menace of weeds through the multi
tare of their seeds. For instance, a
single plant of wild' mustard, stink-
weed, foxtail,' pigweed, or campion,
produces from 10;000 to 20,000 seeds,
worm -seed mustard about 25,000;
shepherd's purse about 50,000 and
the tumbling mustard about 1,500,-
000. Moral: Weeds should never be
allowed to go to seed.
An Old Root Crop
"The mangel appears to be one of
the oldest of our cultivated root
crops," states the Dominion Agrost-
fro m HEADACHES
COLDS AND SORE THROAT
'NEURITIS, NEURALGIA
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:from headaches, or any other
.►in. There is hardly an ache
,or pain Aspirin tablets can't
nrclieve; they are a great com-
fort to women who suffer
i er1odically. They are always
• to be relied on for breaking
kw colds.
It may be only a•sirnple head-
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ache, or it may be neuralgia or
neuritis; rheumatism. Aspirin
is still the sensible thing to
take. Just be certain it's Aspirin
you're taking; it does not hurt
the heart, (Made in Canada;)
ologist discussing "Field Roots in'.
Canada" , (gal, 84 N.S,). "Although
enact records are not .available the
production of the aha egel can be
traced back as far as 2000 B.C, The
evidence of its production at that
date is contained on an old plate,
found in an Egyptian grave, Accord-
ing to Theophiast red and white
roots were commonly cultivated in
Asia Minor as far back as 320 B.C."
Outdoor Cabins. Best
Three reasons are given by tire
Dominion Animal Husbandman as to
why the cheapest methods are best
in housing hogs; These are (a)
healthy, vigorous litters may be ob-
tained from breeding stock housed
outdoors during the winter; (b)
small, weak litters frequently result
w.lieri the parents are housed in so-
called comfort; and (c) rheumatism
and crippling are rarely, if ever,
found in the. "out -door" pig. For
winter use breeding;, stock of all. ages
thrive with a semi -out -door life. Fat-
tening hogs in cabins will rarely
cripple. For this class of stock, how-
ever, an open shed with a low, straw
covered sleeping berth is better.
Trees Need Dry Feet
"Apple trees will not stand' wet
feet," states M. B. Davis, B.S.A.,
Chief Assistant to the, Dominion
Horticulturist, discussing .orchard
drainage...A :good orchard site pro-
vides ample surface drainage to take
care of excess water in late wniter
and early spring when drainage
through the soil 4s difficult owing to
frost.. In addition to surface drain-
age soil or under -drainage is •essen
ital, Good natural drainage of the
soil is preferable to the tile drains,
unless the latter are sufficiently deep
to he beyond the danger of penetra-
tion by the roots of the trees.
Preventing Surface Taint
Surface, taint is a problem in but-
ter -making to which research special-
ists of the Dominion Dairy and Cold
Storage Branch have given special
study.. Their recommendations' as to
how it may be avoided are summariz-
ed as follows: On the basis of our
present scientific and practical know-
ledge, it would seem that the most
effective means of preventing the ap-
pearance of surface taint are, improv-
ed sanitary conditions within the
plant as may be revealed through
routine mould and yeast counts of
the finished butter. Cleanliness, ster-
ilization of all equipment used in
manufacture and packing, accurate
neutralization in the case of sour
cream, efficient pasteurization, bac-
teriologically pure water for washing
the butter and for rinsing the equip-
ment, in other words, the adoption of
every procedure and precaution
which will prevent the entrance of
undesirable micro-organisms in the
manufacturing process, subsequent to
efficient pasteurization.
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Avoiding Rickets in Foxes
Rickets is a disease to which foxes
of all ages are liable, and tries forms
one of the major problems in fox
raising. Special studies of rickets
made at the Federal Experimental
Fox Rranch at Summerside,
show the desirability of adopting
well-defined preventive methods in
its control. These are: Avoid keep-
ing foxes on damp ground; place
them where they can get plenty of
direct sunlight; avoid a diet compos-
ed largely of starchy materials; feed
a diet containing sufficient proteins
and fats; and insure an abundant
supply in the food of lime, phos-
Oates and vitamins, more especially
Vitamin A.
Finish in Beef Steers
"'Finish in beef steers is ind.i,cated
by.:a' well -covered back and smooth-'
ncss over the rump and ,pinbones.
Rolls of fat at the sides and at the
tail head are objectionable. Fullness
at the base of the tongue and; at the
neck vein, a low, full flank, a full
twist and a bulging or thickness at
the thigh all indicate that the animal
halt reached the maximum weight for
profit,"—Pamphlet 19-N.S., Domin-
ion Dept, of Agriculture,
Study Consumer Demand
One of the important functions of
a Department of Agriculture is that
of interpreting the consumer's de-
mands to farmers. The individual
producer who conies in contact with
the market only occasionally has lit-
tle opportunity of knowing market
requircnents—his experience is litnit-
cd and frequently his lack of know-
ledge leads to heavy loss. Know-
ledge of the consumer's requirements
and preferences leadsto a more intel-
ligent production program and" to
improvemen't in the preparation of
commodities for markets. An exam
pie of what the Dominion Depart-
ment is doing in this connection is
represented he a recent study by: the
Economics Branch of the purchase
,of apples by consumers in Montreal
Iand Toronto. Among other things
the popularity of different kinds of
packages and containers was deter-
mined; about 28 per cent. of the pur-
chases of apples were in 6 -quart bas-
kets and 12 per cent. of ,the 11 -quart
size, Over 60 per cent. of the pur-
chases were of quantities less than a
box or hamper. An analysis of the
reasons for purchases in such email
quantities brought out that . 4g per
cent, of the purchasers' had no stor-
age and thus had to purchase in small
lots. It was also found that in Mont-
real between a third and a half of
the consumer -buyers thought that or-
anges, grapefruit, and bananas in 1930
were less expensive than apples. The
percentage was . small . in Toronto.
These are illustrations :of one kind
of marketing information that farm-
ers can make use of,
The Farm Meat Supply
Lamb rings provide a practical and
convenient medium for the supply of.
fresh meat to farm houses during the
greater part of the year, Eight mem-
bers form a suitable ring as there are
four major cuts on : each side of a
dressed lamb, these being the leg,
loin, rack and shoulder, In the round
of eight weeks during which a lamb
is dressed each week each member
of the ring gets each of the four cuts
twice. The cuts are of a size ade-
quate to the needs of the average
farm family, supplying a quantity
which can be readily consumed.
Pamphlet No. 8-N.S,, issued by the
federal Department of Agriculture,
supplies complete details for dressing
and cutting lamb carcases and as to
the operation of lamb rings,
Caloric Value of Feeds
Rations are defined in terms of
their fuel value because this is the
most accurate means of showing the
relative value of the different variet-
ie; of feed for maintenance purposes,
and because practically all the feed
with an adult animal is used .eventu-
ally for producing heat and other
forms of energy. All feeds have some
fuel value. A calorie is the amount;
of heat which is required to raise fh•e
'temperature of one thousand grams
of water one degree centigrade. —
Dept. of Agricultur, Ottawa,
About Threshing
Of all reports submitted at the re-
cent 18th annual convention of the
Ontario Brotherhood of Th.resher-
nten, one of the most interesting was
that of W. G. Michael, Dominion
Seed Branch, Harriston. This report
covered a survey of Western Ontario.
th:•eshing mills, which he hade last
autumn.
Mr. Michael pointed out that light
grain, and price of cutting made 1931
a difficult year.
Further, he found that most of the
common makes of threshing mills
were efficient enough providing they
were in a good state of repair and
adjusted properly. The survey re-
vealed, however, that the weed screen
in the shoe of most mills was entire-
ly inadequate„the usual width of this
screen being only 12 to 15 inches,
and in some cases the screen was
either plugged up or covered with a
board. As there is plenty of room
in the shoe of all sills for a screen
at least, four feet wide, Mr. Michael
recommends that a screen from three
to four feet wide be made standard
equipment in all new mills and that
this screen be equipped with travell-
ing brushes to keep it clean.
A second weed screen in the deck
just behind the cylinder was also re-
commended. Tltis screen would
catch most of the light weed seeds
such as sow thistle, which ordinarily
go out with the straw,
'Other observations made in the
survey were that 10 per ccitt. 'of the
threshertn.en were careless, inexper-
ienced and inefficient and that the
work done by this group was uni-
formly. poor...Some farmers hi their
anxiety to get the threshing over in
a hurry would not give the thresher
time to adjust his mill or clean it
properly and in some cases he was
not allowed to pttt on enough wind
to clean the grain properly. 'These
cases were, however, the exception
rather than the rule.
Grain and weeds screens in some
cases did not receive enough care,
Some mills were too large for On-
tario conditions. Some tractors were
too small to keep tip steady speed,
all of which resulted in poorly clean -
.ed grain.
As it is now becoming practice to
market cc unetcialgrain direct from
the threshing mill without further
cleaning, it is most important that
the grain come ,from the threshing
mill in a fairly clean state, and one
of the objects of the Brotherhood of
Thresherrnen is, through their organ,
ization to. improve the quality of the
work dope by the average thresher.
It was' geography lesson in school.
"Telllee,” said the teacher, "Where
is the capital of England,"
"Please, teacher," replied a boy,
"1 heard dad say most of it was hi
America and France,"
TURKEY'S STIONS MAN
Mustapha Ifenuil Rules IVO Iron
U'and.---Entice] Changes Amaze
Turks—Prove lea#eflcial.
The third -tome bugaboo has appar-
ently not reached the Republic of
Turkey, where Mustachio Kemal has
accepted another four years of the
presidency, handed to him bythe
newly - elected Turkish Parliament
without a single dissenting vote, De-
spite President Kemal's expressed
desire for some sort of political op-
position no other candidate present -
?.d himself,
Under the firm hand of the dicta-
tor, Kemal, a good deal of steady
nrogross is noticeable to those who
have been in the country during the
east few years. The Chart, it is true,
las treated unsympathetic factions
with en iron hand, but a good deal
'f his strength has rested on a unit -
)d nation, a rare thing in Turkish
history, and the enthusiasm of
younger elements.
Well into its seventh year as a re-
public, Turkey is beginning to show
many signs of a national consetou--
less. Turkish patriotism expresses it-
self through pride rather than fear.
While the muezzin still calls the
faithful to prayer, the umnezzin heal -
self has changed. In place of the fez,
or the turban, the crier from the
minaret now sports a very cockney-
looking cap, worn backward like a
motor -cycle rider.
In outlawing the fes Mustapha
Kemal showed that he understood
MUSTAPHA KEMAL
the Turk better than the Turk ti:
derstood himself. There was no er*
nomic reason why the old red head
gear should go. But the psycholor
;cal effect was tremendous. Ti
Turk, it was realized, could n'
think or act like a Westerner, h
could not compete with a Europea'
'f his trousers were baggy, his sle
pars comic and his headgear like ter
if a lodge member. So the lease;
f the new state appropriately star'
d with his head to "shako him et
Jr his shoes."
The change from Arabic chars-
.ers to the Latin alphabet made (1:
•hole nation illiterate a little over
wa years ago, but since then aln:o. i
iveryone, old and young, rich anti
'oor, has been industriously study,;,•
tis new A B C's. The problem mel:
Conceivably have been greater had th
percentage of literacy been highc
' efore 1929. At that time only 1 r
per cent. of the population, it is esti
nated, could read and write Arable
West of the illiterates hired a pt'te•
sessional letter writer and reader tr
take care of whatever correpondenc'
was necessary.
' The difficult Arabic script is nor
ieldom seen. Railroad stations, pre'
lard shops, steamer names, serve
posters, newspapers and magazine
all use almost the same letters e:
do, although they depict the some'
of the old Turkish language. '1'1
advent of a new alphabet hit le
newspapers hardest. Their etre,
sales dropped almost to zero vele
they first appeared in charaetr•
which many of their employes eeu:o
not read. They are recovering, nee
ever, largely through the active d
mond for reading natter, hi the tee
medium from hundreds of new i•
established primary schools throuell
out Turkey.
THE 'Abell of A WIree).
Wconian Assessed lake a Slave, :gin' o.
Noted Judge.
Mr. Justice McCerdie, who is o.,•.
of England's mott well-known bat:.
elors, offered some comment on t::
value of a wife in divorce proceed'ne
,wt the Birmingham assizes.
The judge remarked the husbanu
had said his wife was a good hour
D(eper, clean and industrious.
thought it was a description eel.
Weald pine a dotnestie Servant,
"in arriving at the damages yet.
have to assess tht' vaatie or a mane.
;IS you would-ase,eiss the state of a
aiave in some eastern part of Lilt'
world. To my mind it is one of the
most unfortunate aspects t,t tho it -
'force law
in this country,"
ti
y
The jury awarded the petitioner
et. the ease $485 damages_
C,tRRLY--A. nom,
Still another evidence cf the dexo
'Ion of a dog to those It loves: 10
Alberta o little pet named Curly
which had been carried in a wagon
everttl hundred utiles across counts:.
ram Lesser Slarve Lake to l3assano,
eturned under ifs own power to ' 1t
lid friends and the old home. 'Curly
,vas several weeks on the way, but lit
knew where he wanted to go, arnI
never faltered until he reached the
'rtnl,lar home 'secnes; and surely
here most have been a boy anente
ee magnets that drew hien haeltstge
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News and Ianformation
for the Busy Farmer
(Furnished by the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
Raising Prolific . Sows
Sterility in pigs is difficult to cure.
but most forms of it can be prevent-
ed by proper management. Fertility
is heritable, breeding stock, therefore
should always be selected from large
litters. Breeding sows must have
more protein and calcium than fat-
tening stock in order to build up
flesh and bone in their young. The
important sources of supply of these
are )neat and protein meal, milk and
I
All persons interested in this
course should understand. that there
is no charge for instruction and that
a program of the course may be had,
for the; asking.
Late Corn and Fertilizers
Many farmers are talking late
planting of corn this year and fertil-
izing in an attempt to control the
corn borer. In this connection, 0..A.
C. officials conducted a test in Essex
County, planting corn at three diff-
erent dates, a week apart. Suitable
fertilizer was applied at 200 pounds
per acre. The, fertilizer increased the
yield. of ears 700 pounds per acre :irk
the earliest planting, and '715, potmds.
per acre in the latest planting. Late
leguminous pastures. Exercise is es pan ting meant a larger per cent, of
sential for regular production. Show
condition sometimes causes sterility,
but this is when the pigs are over -fat
and lack exercise. Exposure in win-
ter will delay breeding. Contagious
abortion is spread through afterbirth,
dead piglings and discharge contain-
inating the food, water and beddings.
The San Jose Scale
That the San Jose scale, the bug-
bear of the Niagara fruit growers,
again looms up as a dire menace to
the industry, was the statement of
Prof. L. Caesar, provincial entomolo-
gist, when addressing the. Niagara
Fruit Growers' Association recently.
Reviewing the history of this pest,
Prof. Caesar declared it to be the
worst menace to the fruit trees that
Ontario has ever known. Its revival
was first observed in 1929 after an
absence of a dozen years from. Ni-
agara orchards. Since then the scale
lias increased tremendously, and he
feared that the mild weather condi-
tions this winter would result in its
return next season to a very large
extent. Effective spraying of all trees
with lubricating oil, using 4 per cent.,
was urged by Prof. Caesar.
An Attractive Home
"Oh, what an opportunity if I only
had the thee!" This is the remark
of a lady visitor at the Ontario Agri-
cultural College recently. She had
conte to the College to make enquiry
about certain perennials which she
wished to plant in the yard of her
farm , home, and was told about the
short course of instruction in land-
scape gardening to be given at the
College from Feb. 15th tto 19th. On
looking over the program of this
short course she sap- that there were
to be instructions and demonstrations
immature ears at harvest in all cases;
but from the plots planted last there
were 33 per cent. Less soft cars in
the fertilized area than there was on
the unfertilized. The gain of fertil-
ized corn over unfertilized had not
only been maintained but had ;in
creased where the corn was planted
latest, and had been fertilized. This
was in addition to barn yard manure.
Good soil preparation, good seed and;
proper cultivation must be provided
if best results are to be attained. ` r.
Improving Live Stock
Addressing a banquet of 600 live
stock breeders and exhibitors tender-
ed by the C. N. E. directors, Hon.
Thomas L. Kennedy and Hon, Robt.
Weir offered the utmost assistance
of their departments to raise stand-
ards and obtain cheaper feed, urged
quality breeding and stated that the
markets were open for high-class
stock in uniform quality. Hon. Mr.
Kennedy declared: "We are going to
try to get a large export market by
producing beef of a better quality
than in any country in the world, and
no tariff walls or exchanges will be
able to keep it out of the United
States or the export markets of the
world. Every day buyers from the
United States are searching the east-
ern part of the province for purebred
T.B. tested animals and the only rea-
son Canada does not send more ac-
ross the border is that there are not
enough purebreds." The Minister al-
so paid tribute to the junior Farm-
ers' teams and clubs which encour-
aged the young farmers to apprec-
iate their opportunities and which
taught theta all the knowledge that
had been obtained for the improve-
mcnt of the industry. He said,:
"These young farmers will improve
the live stock of Canada to such a
degree that the countries of the
iii garden planning and the selection •
world will conic to us. 'We shall not
of the most suitable kinds of trees, have to go to Denmark or any other
country for our purebred bacon sires.
For there will_ be no place in the
world where we can get the stock we
will have in Canada."
shrubs and flowers, and she longed
t., take the course.
The opportunity is there for her
and for many others, and no better
way could be found for farm women
or then either, for that platter, to
,rend a happy, interesting week in
the middle of winter in studying and
snaking. plans for the beautification
of their farm homes so that their
lives might be more enjoyable itt the
years to come.
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Customer: "You have not been a
salesman long?"
Salesman: "How do you know that,
madam?"
Customer: "Yon still blush when
you mention the pric;s.'
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